Brake Creak When Pressing Brake Pedal
06-28-2018, 11:23 AM
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Brake Creak When Pressing Brake Pedal
I put new pads on my 2012 GT about a year ago (premium after-market pads - if it makes a difference). Not long after, I started noticing a creaking sound when stopped at a red light - front right side. To be clear, it's not a squeaking sound as in worn pads. It sounds like a metal cable being stretched and only when I'm stopped (like an "eeee rrrrr"). It does it when the brake pedal is pressed firmly and when it's released from a firm press. It used to start about halfway through a 9-mile trip to work (with red lights). Now it starts not long after I back out of the driveway.
A technician friend of mine told me to grease the clips on the caliper. I removed them, wired brushed them, greased them with a high-temp CRC brake grease, and re-installed. The noise went away for an afternoon. But came back the next day (when I went to work). I bought a brake hardware kit from Advance (clips and rubber boots for the caliper pins). When I installed, I applied grease to the new clips, re-greased the pins when installing the rubber boots, lightly greased the metal ears of the pads that go in the clips, and re-installed. The creaking came back about half-way through my 9-mile trip to work.
Also, the pads were super hard to get into the clips. Once they were in, they moved freely. My thoughts: are the pads maybe too tight, caliper piston issue, bad caliper, maybe those anti-whatever springs on the pads are too tight/too loose, etc. Please help!!!
A technician friend of mine told me to grease the clips on the caliper. I removed them, wired brushed them, greased them with a high-temp CRC brake grease, and re-installed. The noise went away for an afternoon. But came back the next day (when I went to work). I bought a brake hardware kit from Advance (clips and rubber boots for the caliper pins). When I installed, I applied grease to the new clips, re-greased the pins when installing the rubber boots, lightly greased the metal ears of the pads that go in the clips, and re-installed. The creaking came back about half-way through my 9-mile trip to work.
Also, the pads were super hard to get into the clips. Once they were in, they moved freely. My thoughts: are the pads maybe too tight, caliper piston issue, bad caliper, maybe those anti-whatever springs on the pads are too tight/too loose, etc. Please help!!!
08-24-2018, 06:54 PM
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Update: Went away with new rear LCAs. The place I bought it, told me it was the
rear LCA bushings, but I did not believe them. Well, for once, they were right. I
am not getting that noise anymore after replacing the OEM:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/s197...installed.html
rear LCA bushings, but I did not believe them. Well, for once, they were right. I
am not getting that noise anymore after replacing the OEM:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/s197...installed.html
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